brilliant sweep of intellectual history; (off topic) Just finished Spy Catcher, Peter Wright, former Asst Dir of MI 5. He argues "Penkovsky (senior GRU officer) alerted the West to the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, and his information about the Soviet nuclear arsenal shaped the American approach to the subsequent Cuban missile crisis." But: ". . . Penkovsky had to be a plant"; i.e. the crisis was a very successful Soviet psy-op. He gives lengthy explanation in the book. Another nugget: head of MI 5 at the time: Russian spy.
brilliant sweep of intellectual history; (off topic) Just finished Spy Catcher, Peter Wright, former Asst Dir of MI 5. He argues "Penkovsky (senior GRU officer) alerted the West to the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, and his information about the Soviet nuclear arsenal shaped the American approach to the subsequent Cuban missile crisis." But: ". . . Penkovsky had to be a plant"; i.e. the crisis was a very successful Soviet psy-op. He gives lengthy explanation in the book. Another nugget: head of MI 5 at the time: Russian spy.
Head of MI5 now, Pakistani ISI. Head of MI6, Ukrainian Nazi.
REPORTING FOR DUTY SIR
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOGM9yJvM4gjnZqbN_n7gg/featured
Wow, well worth the time. Looking forward to the next instalment